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Features

Depp Sinks His Teath in Dark Shadows Role

Ramin Zahed - July 27, 2007

Johnny Depp will be adding the role of famous bloodsucker Barnabas Collins to his growing list of oddball/creepy/crazy screen portrayals. Todays' Daily Variety reports...

Festivals & Events

FJORG! Animation Competition Debuts at SIGGRAPH ’07

Ramin Zahed - July 13, 2007

Get ready for a 32-hour live 'Iron Animator' event planned for this year's SIGGRAPH in San Diego. Sponsored by Siggraph, AMD, DreamWorks Animation and...

Video Games

Junction Point Becomes Mouse’s New Cheese

Ramin Zahed - July 13, 2007

Disney has bought Warren Spector's Junction Point Studios in an effort to continue fortifying its game-publishing arm. Based in Austin, Texas, Junction Point will...

Television

Neptuno, Character Farm Grow Katakune

Ramin Zahed - July 13, 2007

Spain's Neptuno Films and Singapore's Character Farm will join forces to distribute the 3D animated preshool toon Katakune. According to The Hollywood Reporter, this...

Features

Sean Penn, Iggy Pop Join Persepolis Cast

Ramin Zahed - July 13, 2007

The English-language version of Marjane Satrapi's 2D black-and-white movie Persepolis will feature the voices of Sean Penn and Iggy Pop, as well as previously...

Schools

We Love Your Student Shorts!

Ramin Zahed - July 5, 2007

There's still time to enter Animation Magazine's Annual Student Reel Awards. Please send us your animated short (completed in 2006-2007 school year either on...

Festivals & Events

Pearce Sisters Takes Top Prize at Platform

Ramin Zahed - July 2, 2007

The Pearce Sisters, Luis Cook's wickedly funny and macabre tale about two weather-lashed Sisters living in remote coastal town won the Grand Prix (as...

Home Entertainment

Powerpuff Girls, Pooh Hit the DVD Screens Today

Ramin Zahed - June 19, 2007

Fans of Craig McCracken's groundbreaking Cartoon Network series The Powerpuff Girls can check out the the complete first season of the show on a...

Television

Cuppa Coffee Brews Fresh Bounty Hunter PSA

Ramin Zahed - June 15, 2007

Duane (Dog the Bounty Hunter) Chapman is the latest celebrity to become a stop-motion animated character, thanks to the folks at Canada's Cuppa Coffee...

Television

Stan Lee to Animate Sexy Paris Hilton Strip

Ramin Zahed - June 14, 2007

After bringing to life characters such as Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk, comic-book legend Stan Lee will focus his attentions on current jailbird heiress...

Schools

Art’s Desire, Mirage Tie for Academy’s Gold Medal

Ramin Zahed - June 13, 2007

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences 34th Annual Student Academy Awards were recently handed out in Hollywood. Sarah Wickliffe's Art's Desire (New...

Television

Lil’ Bush Wreaks Havoc on Comedy Central

Ramin Zahed - June 13, 2007

As the real-life President Bush's popularity ratings sink to all-time low, an animated kid-sized version of George W. gets ready for his close-up on...

Festivals & Events

Art Institute Feels the Force with Star Wars Workshop

Ramin Zahed - June 13, 2007

VFX visionaries Phil Tippett and Ken Ralston will be on hand to share their knowledge with high school students at a special hands-on Star...

Festivals & Events

Shanghai Festival Toons In

Ramin Zahed - June 13, 2007

Animation was the name of the game at this year's Shanghai TV Festival, which opened this Monday. The 13th annual event runs through Friday...

People

Judson Tapped as New President of Warner Bros. Animation

Ramin Zahed - June 12, 2007

Veteran digital media and children's TV exec Lisa Judson has been named as the new president of Warner Bros. Animation. Warner Bros. TV Group...

VFX

Framestore CFC Mo-Caps with Movimento

Ramin Zahed - June 12, 2007

Noted CG and vfx house Framestore CFC will use REALVIZ Movimento for its jam-packed 2007-2008 production pipeline. REALVIZ Movimento is a state-of-the-art video-based motion...

Features

Pixar Hot for Senior Citizen Pic

Ramin Zahed - June 12, 2007

After focusing on a French rat this summer, and a lovable robot named Wall*E in 2008, the folks at Pixar will give us a...

Features

Chiodo Bros. Craft Little Horrors for Born

Ramin Zahed - June 12, 2007

L.A.'s stop-motion masters the Chiodo Brothers will be working on a new psychological thriller about a claymation artist living in an idyllic English town....

Television